The 99%
An article archive, the site provides inspirational and real-world stories to help manage your career trajectory.

Creative Hotlist
This site is now a dedicated career resource for creative professionals in visual communications. Individuals can post résumés, job-wanted listings, and online portfolios.

Career Realism
This career blog provides real-world daily career advice. Its focus is on providing career advice that gives job seekers no-nonsense information, tools, and resources to uncover new jobs quickly.

O*Net Online
Provides detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, students, researchers, and more!

Statestats
A step-by-step guide on how to use LinkedIn effectively to increase your professional presence and find a job.

The Foundation Center, SF
The site maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. and, increasingly, global grantmakers, and their grants through data, analysis, and training, it connects people who want to change the world to the resources they need to succeed.

Architecture

American Institute of Architects
The AIA is a professional membership association for licensed architects, emerging professionals, and allied partners, aimed at building the architecture community through advocacy and information.

Center for Land Use Interpretation
This education and research-based organization focuses on the relationship between nature and human interaction on the earth's surface.

Death by Architecture
Death by Architecture is an online archive of architecture competition information. One can sort competitions by location, deadline, and even compensation.

Architype Review
A digital publication featuring innovation in world architecture, Architype Review honors projects that challenge the limits of building design.

Rebuild by Design
A design competition to promote resilience and innovation in the Hurricane Sandy-affected region.

Design

AGIA
AGIA, the professional association for design, is the oldest and largest professional membership organization for design, and seeks to advance the field by supporting design professionals, educators, and students at every stage of their careers.

Apparel News
Focusing primarily on the Los Angeles area, Apparel News provides coverage of the latest trends and events in the fashion industry.

Communication Arts
Focused on visual communication, Communication Arts is an online trade journal that makes available inspiring competitions for individuals working in creative fields.

I.D. magazine
The I.D. magazine site showcases fresh work in the fields of industrial and product design.

Home-Designing
A resource for lovers of interior design and a job board focused on interior design opportunities.

Film & Photo

Bay Area Video Coalition
BAVC's mission is to inspire social change by enabling the sharing of diverse stories through art, education and technology.

Digital Domain
Digital Domain is a digital production company centered on innovative work in visual entertainment and advertising.

Fremantle Corporation
The Fremantle Corporation is a global distribution company for film and digital programming including documentaries, daytime drama, specials, and reality television.

Independent Television Service
The ITVS funds, presents, and promotes documentaries, dramas, and new media projects on public television, cable, and on the Web.

Photo District NewsPhoto District News is a monthly magazine and online archive of news and feature articles related to the photo industry.

San Francisco Film Society
The San Francisco Film Society presents the artistic quality and social impact of film to the Bay Area through screenings, courses, and other services specific to filmmakers and their audiences.

Fine Art & Museums

American Association of Museums
The AAM seeks to strengthen museums through leadership, advocacy, collaboration and service, and represents the entire scope of museums and professionals including art, history, youth museums, science centers, and more.

ARTINFO
ARTINFO.com offers breaking news, profiles of top and emerging artists, market trends, and much more.

ArtSlant San Francisco
A contemporary art network, ArtSlant features local exhibition calendars, artist portfolios, and editorials.

American Craft
A print magazine and online blog, American Craft celebrates handmade objects and seeks to inspire object-makers through stories and images.

MuseumStuff.com
MuseumStuff.com is an online guide to museum information including links to museum websites, educational activities, and additional learning resources.

Pulse
Pulse is an art fair held in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami dedicated solely to contemporary art.

Illustration & Animation

Animation Industry Database
Browse the Animation Industry Database and directories and discover nearly 5,000 animation, visual effects, and other related companies located throughout the world.

Animation World Network
AWN is the largest animation-related publishing group online, covering areas as diverse as animator profiles, independent film distribution, commercial studio activities, current animation events, licensing, and much more.

International Game Developers Association
Through networking, professional development, and advocation, the IGDA is a nonprofit organization that seeks to advance the careers and enhance the lives of the game-developing community.

Juxtapoz magazineJuxtapoz, an art and culture magazine, focuses on contemporary art and culture and pays special interest to illustration, graffiti, and street art.

AgentQuery
AgentQuery is a free searchable database of over 900 literary agents who specialize in nonfiction and fiction book writers.

Art PracticalArt Practical is an online magazine that enriches critical dialogue for the Bay Area visual arts by providing comprehensive analysis of events and exhibitions, and also welcomes submissions by new contributors.

Publishing Law Center
This site is dedicated to providing information on literary law for the publishing community.

Writer's Digest
A digital spin-off of their print magazine, WritersDigest.com lists competitions, articles, and other resources for writers who want to polish their skills and hone their craft.